Build your teams’ knowledge and skills with Ask Annie, a mobile app designed for self-paced microlearning. This tool provides practical tips and strategies to better support people living with dementia.
Designed for care workers.
Delivered on mobile devices in short modules.
Access tips and strategies while working.
People living with dementia can sometimes demonstrate changed behaviours. Tasks like getting dressed, showering or preparing a meal can become confusing or unsafe.
This can create stress for the person living with dementia, their family and the care worker. It can also impact the care worker’s time and ability to complete other tasks.
Ask Annie is a mobile education app that helps care workers provide better support to people living with dementia.
‘Annie’ is a dementia champion with years of experience of providing support to people living with dementia. She guides users through different scenarios, offering practical tips and tools to strengthen their dementia support skills.
Annie promotes a person-centred approach, showing care workers how to put the needs and wants of the individual at the forefront of every interaction. Ask Annie helps users understand how people living with dementia may be communicating their unmet needs through behaviours.
If one of our home carers has questions about how to care for a client living with dementia, like mealtimes or showering, they could take a few minutes before they arrive at their home to brush up on some tips that could help alleviate any challenges that may arise in the situation. After a quick refresher, they would feel more equipped and empowered to better support the person in their care.
Ask Annie is designed for fast, straightforward learning. Each course is made up of different modules, supported by short videos and easy-to-read summaries. Interactive quizzes help support workers identify gaps in their knowledge and apply their new understanding.
Ask Annie is an intuitive and engaging learning experience. It can be used anywhere, anytime.
This app is suitable for care workers:
Ask Annie is professional development education designed for your needs. There is no need to backfill or allocate additional staff time.
Workers can decide what and when they learn, based on their own needs and time. Each module takes only five minutes to complete. They can also use the search function to find specific topics and quickly refresh their skills before seeing a client.
Ask Annie’s dashboard allows managers and leaders to monitor engagement, progress and areas for improvement at a team or organisational level.
Ask Annie can provide that extra bit of assistance that a support worker might need in their daily tasks. Different approach, different method, a great assistance out there in the workplace.
Ask Annie is a mobile application.
Any staff who provide direct support to people living with dementia in home, community, residential or disability support setting.
The Ask Annie app is available on all mobile devices, including phones and tablets.
Mobile phones provide the best user experience.
Annual licence fee $60 per person, with bulk purchase discounts available.
Ask Annie can be purchased through Dementia Australia with licencing agreement. It can also be downloaded by individuals who will receive access to the first three modules, including C for Communication as a gift to support them in providing better quality of care to people living with dementia.
To learn more about Ask Annie, call Centre for Dementia Learning on 1300 DEMENTIA (1300 336 368) or email cdl@dementia.org.au
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